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Definitions of insanity on a ‘Take out the garbage day’
President Obama has to renew the embargo under TWEA, so he can keep the power to continue watering it down. Now that's a Catch-22.
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Cuba’s health diplomacy in the age of Ebola
With today's news that Cuban doctors and other health workers who defected while abroad on state-sponsored missions can return to the homeland, Progreso Weekly publishes a November 2014…
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Doctors who defected can return to Cuba, health ministry says
Cuban doctors and other health workers who defected while abroad on state-sponsored missions can return to the homeland and resume their careers without fear of retribution, the Cuban…
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Cuban entrepreneurs now can get loans without collateral
Self-employed entrepreneurs can apply to the People's Savings Bank of Cuba for loans of as much as 10,000 Cuban pesos (377 dollars at the current rate of exchange), the AIN news agency…
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The Wi-Fi that unites us
The creation of public Wi-Fi hotspots in the Cuban capital has been, in many ways, THE summer attraction. What do the people who use this new service do?
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Fed talk of raising interest rates is irresponsible
Economists know that when the Fed raises short-term interest rates, the purpose is to throw people out of work, by reducing spending in the economy, in order to put downward pressure on…
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Miami, the not so magic city
Think of condo canyons and massive high-rises that block the view of the water. Even those who thought they had bought a view of the ocean watch to their dismay when an even more…
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Díaz-Canel stops in Moscow on way to China for victory feast
Miguel Díaz-Canel, first vice president of the Councils of State and Ministers of Cuba, arrived in Russia over the weekend and made "a transit stop in Moscow." He is on his way to China…
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‘Coexisting’ with the U.S. Navy base at Guantánamo
Somewhere in Havana, someone files away checks for $4,085 each, which arrive every year from Washington, the amount that the U.S. pays Cuba for the lease of the almost 120 kilometers…
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Israel’s quandary in the face of U.S.-Cuba harmony
Israel, a nation that has repeatedly sided with the United States against Cuba whenever the United Nations asks for a lifting of the trade embargo imposed by Washington, will likely…
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